I’m against nanny-state laws too. Still, so long as the rest of the public is in favor of telling me that I can’t drink and drive, I see no reason to have sympathy for texting and driving because “everyone does it”. The public wants these nanny state restrictions, they just don’t like it when it applies to something they like to do. Tough teats, said Keats, you get what you ask for.
This is a confluance of both civil and criminal law IMO. Criminally, I see no liability for the parent owner of the car their half whit son used to kill someone. Civilly, you are responsible for your car no matter whom is driving it...remember, one insures a car. Consider that when someone wishes to borrow your car for any reason.
As soon as we legally could get our cars into the names of our kids, the quicker we did it. Maybe they had to pay a higher premium than as a part time driver under our family policy but tought noogies....Frankly, even then some shyster will try to show you still owned the car and were civilly responsible.